#regular classes

[eyrieofsynapses]

hey, Leverage peeps, I've got a thought. I've seen a lot of posts and memes joking about Nate's inability to understand that his clients do not want money, they want revenge. I also find this funny. but I was thinking about it and I realized something: there's a personal reason behind it. there is a very, very good reason why Nate doesn't get that.

Nate's drive to lead Leverage, outside of the crew, originated from his son's death due to his insurance company's refusal to cover the bill for the required treatment. we all know this. if his company had paid for Sam's treatment, everything would've been fine.

…or, if Nate had been a little wealthier, had a little more change to spend… maybe he could've paid for it. maybe Blackpool never would've had a say in any of it. maybe Nate would've had everything under control from the start.

we've discussed at length in the fandom how money equals safety for some of the others in the crew (Parker and Hardison grew up with little to none and know its importance to survival, Eliot needs it to stay ahead of his old enemies, etc.), but I don't know that I've seen any discussion on how it's relevant to Nate. for him, however, money equals security in healthcare and in housing (he lost the house, remember?). Nate's older than the others. he remained in the same place for much longer, and he had a stable life for a while. the others haven't been in that position before. many of their clients, however, are at that place in life.

yes, for the others, money keeps them ahead of the game and it keeps them secure. but none of them ever lost a kid because they couldn't pay for healthcare. none of them risk losing the life of someone who is completely dependent on them when they don't have enough.

(Hardison, perhaps, has the closest understanding, considering he hacked a bank to pay for his Nana's healthcare. but he never lost her.)

Nate thinks ahead, you know? he has a long-term view of things. I imagine that for him, when clients refuse the money, they're not just refusing a month's worth of groceries, or a place to stay the night, or the ability to keep running. for him, they're refusing control over their hard-earned, stable, long-term living situation. they're refusing the potential to save a family member's life.

I dunno, guys. I think that's a pretty good reason to not understand why people don't want the money.

#leverage #leverage meta #nate ford #meta #ello folks it has been A While #but I saw another one of these memes today and couldn't help but ask myself 'why?' #and this came out #anyway I figure this is a fair reason to have more trouble Getting It #when you think about it Nate's probably gotten the closest to most of their clients' living situations #the rest of them have had Very Unusual Lives #but so many of their clients are PARENTS #they're people with STABLE LIVING SITUATIONS #they're ordinary middle-class people! #and Nate was the only one who lived as an adult in that situation! #he's the only one who understands what it's like to have a regular family depending on him to keep the household running! #no WONDER he worries more about this! #he understands the consequences better than the others do! #I dunno I feel like that gets overlooked a lot #anyway have fun playing with this #synapse meta

[hazel2468]

Okay no legitimate suggestion for people who like. Host parties.

If someone at the party is not drinking, for any reason, and they get like. A soda or something?

Garnish it.

It’s fun. It like, upgrades it and eliminates at least some of the “everyone is drinking pretty drinks and I have a lame soda” thing. It looks nice. And especially like, a citrus peel twist- you can express those oils and it give the drink a smell that I associate with cocktails without the alcohol.

My friends did this in college with like. They would make ALL the drinks colorful and fun to eliminate any judgement or pressure around drinking alcohol, because everyone had something that looked cool. The regular punch was just as chock full of candy and fruit as the alcoholic punch.

#alcohol #but like okay we should be doing this #garnish drinks #even the non alcoholic ones #because a big part of the trouble with not drinking for a lot of people #is feeling left out of the party vibe #because non-alcoholic drinks aren't as cool or pretty #and just adding an orange twist or a mint sprig or something #into a regular old soda #it really does class it up like a cocktail

[blueskittlesart]

finally started my character design final and it's a 3-phase video game boss and protagonist so of course i had to go BATSHIT FUCKING INSANE. here's my first pass stay tuned for more bc this is like a 5 week assignment

#im going to crit on these sketches in 3 hours and i just checked the class google drive and NO ONE went this hard im about to look so crazy #anyways :) the prompt i was given was 'demonic swamp' so this is a fishing sim in which you have to fish demon fish out of the demon swamp #and the final boss is of course the swamp demon. who used to be a regular human woman #but she girlbossed too close to the sun and got possessed and then subsequently possessed the entire swamp. lmfao #ANYWAY. wish me luck i think my prof is gonna be like why the fuck did you do this much on week 1 #skribbles

[marblerose-rue]

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it's this way! / squirrelpaw and leafpaw

#my art #do not copy trace or steal #squirrelflight #leafpool #warriors #warrior cats #wc #waca #wc art #IM SORRY THIS TOOK A WHILE sufferer of the stardew valley fixation and college u_u #IM GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE RENDERING which is cool but im still testing the limits of what works and what doesnt so . #REGARDLESS I AM SUPER DUPER STINKIN HAPPY WITH HOW THIS TURNED OUT #you are not immune to me constantly drawing leaf and squilf #i belieeeve theres one more coming and then ill be back to regular schedule #and that will mean either silly little/medium to low effort things or radio silence #did i tell yall i have an exam next week for algebra and i have no clue whats going on. its cobwebs in my brain #but other than that classes are going very well and i am enjoying second semester very much. i got to look at daphnia thru a microscope #today which is super fun :-) microbiology is so cool #one day ill plan my posts better since its midnight but i have a feeling yall are gonna eat this up #WHICH SPEAKING OF you guys have been so kind to me :'-) i read all of the nice things yall leave in the notes and it makes me so happy #i always get so nervous before i post and idk why #tomorrow i will put this up on my redbubble if i remember . i would do it now but it takes a while and i gotta get up #at six to study for a quiz at 8 </3 crying sobbing #anyway if the erins want to sponsor me my email is m- * sound of metal chair wham * #thats a joke unless they want to ANJHKFDGB

[legobenkenobi]

the fact that there’s an entire arc in tcw dedicated to how giving someone your lightsaber shows trust in a romantic connotation and codywan has not one, but TWO scenes with this drives me up a fucking WALL.

their relationship is built, inherently, on the mutual trust and respect they have for each other, and this is just. an extremely beautiful way to show that.

especially with Cody handing Obi-Wan the saber with the emitter facing himself. he fucking loves and respects and trust Obi-Wan so deeply and that is what makes their relationship SO refreshingly good

#codywan #ok back on my regular codywan posting bullshit #sorry i’ve been slacking i was frantically trying to get out of writers block while dealing with classes and YEOWCH! #anyway #commander cody #obi-wan kenobi #these gays in space kill me #sw #tcw #revenge of the sith

[nojaloart]

totally normal nona

commission me!! so i can go watch a play

#nona the ninth #nona the 9th #art tingz #tlt #the locked tomb #have been away from my tablet and also wayyy too swamped to draw digitally for fun #but i’ve been doodling while watching survivor quebec for french class lol #theres an r&gad production in toronto next year ft. the actors of merry and pippin from lotr so funds from commissions go towards that <333 #or like. regular uni student living expenses ig 🙄

[dottores]

well, i was going to wait to formally announce something when i got the time but i’m a bit irritated that the first thing i see when i log in is this ask

^ to answer your question anon, idk why you’re following if that’s what you feel 💀 respectfully, unfollow and never interact with me again. and this goes for everyone else who has left nasty asks in my inbox demanding me to update. my priority is law school and family, not to update fanfics that i don’t get paid for. this is something i do on the side for fun, it is not a job nor does it help me secure my future. spend less time demanding free work from people and spend more time working on your own future. it quite literally should never get to the point where you’re demanding strangers on the internet to provide you with fanfiction and insulting them when they have other things going on—seek help. that is weird.

but on a more serious note to everyone who has been respectful & kind about it—i don’t think i’m gonna be able to update anything until winter break, i apologize to everyone who has been waiting patiently, i promise i’m not abandoning heliotropes but it will not be updated for at least a month and a half. my workload has skyrocketed the past two weeks and my professors are warning us that it’s only uphill until after finals when we get our break. i need to be focusing on work, i barely even have the energy to answer messages from ppl right now.

^^ so if you are here for just my writing, this is the time to leave. i’ve been very vocal about this not being a writing blog. it is just my blog. if you only want writing, unfollow and find it in the tags.

i am going to be closing my inbox to prevent more asks like this because it’s rude and it’s not something i want to deal with. officially on semi-hiatus.

#tw discourse #i guess #i’m just irritated #i did not want to see that as soon as i log in #but anyway #i will try to post more like regular posts so i don’t disappear off the face of earth but #they’ll be sparse #i literally am so busy i only texted my bf like a dozen times over the past week 😭 i feel so bad #i’ve been taking like #an hour and a half a day to decompress and relax and even then i don’t even have the energy to write #i caught up on jjk manga and anime #i’ll lyk what i think about it soon #but anyway i have to go shower and get ready for my 4 o’clock class

[getbreaded]

Working on a low fidelity prototype for my Human-Computer Interaction class and it's the silliest I've ever felt during this degree.

I've also cleaned my room, had some ice cream and I plan on studying for a test I have next week. Busy busy 🐝

Hope everyone is doing well!

#i haven't been posting because uni is haaaard #so many projects to do on top of regular studying and revising #but it's under control and I'm enjoying my classes :) #can't wait to start coding for this project actually #tho i don't think we'll have too much time to work on the code itself #we'll see #uni #studyblr #academia #study #information technologies #human machine interface #IT

[raspberrydaisieschlb]

So, hot take I guess, but Jinafire Long evolving from wearing what is essentially just an orientalist dress to wearing normal clothes is a massive upgrade.

#monster high #jinafire long #just to be clear: I’m not Asian #but I’ve known enough Asians in my life to confidently say nobody dresses like that in FUCKING HIGH SCHOOL #and yes. I am very well aware that there are traditional Chinese influences in her other dresses #that’s not the point #She wore her debut outfit to an internship. SHE WORE IT TO HER CLASSES #I think it’s a good thing the creators realized #”hey maybe this 15(00) year old Chinese girl shouldn’t be wearing something so formal on a regular Tuesday” #also she looks pretty in this gen. Y’all are just mean

[shuttershocky]

Wait holy shit

I think Fate/Samurai Remnant is the first actual Fate title where the Archer class is only made out of archers

#Fate #Both regular Archer and Rogue Archer fight with bows #The first time in 20 years the Archer class is made out of archers....

[canisalbus]

Sorry but we were speaking about history in a part of one of my classes and when the Vatican came on. I had to draw the sad dog man.

Machete is now immortalized in my class notes. It’s in spanish by the way, which is kind of funnily appropriate considering latin is very close to spanish.

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#augh that's adorable! #“Vaticano” -> -> cue sad dog man #he doesn't seem very happy to be there #I've said this before and I don't really know why #but I keep finding the idea of people drawing little Machetes in post-it notes pieces of scrap paper and class notes #endlessly charming #it's so cute #it sparks joy #thank you! #Spanish and Italian are fairly closely related they're both descended from Latin and I think that's terribly nifty #I'd like to believe Machete speaks or understands Spanish at least passably #mostly due to continued exposure and for having a knack for languages #Spain was an influential superpower in the 16th century and also intensely Catholic so he ends up working with Spaniards on a regular basis #and he strikes me as a kind of person who would like to know what they're saying to each other even if he kept it to himself #not to mention that Spain has an extended history of ruling parts of Italy #the southern half of the country in particular #including the places where he grew up #gift art #nerium-aquifolium #own characters #Machete

[gayvampyr]

being autistic and having to deal with bureaucracy is like “sorry for the communication error!” (not my fault even remotely)

#why is my prof all aggro about my not scheduling an exam with the university disability center #bitch i knew the policy beforehand. i didn’t schedule an exam because i simply did not want to take it 2 hours early! #how is it my fault that you didn’t go ahead and put me on the roster to test with the rest of the class knowing i didn’t schedule an exam #with accommodations #he seems actually mad that i wanted to know where to go for the test tonight as if it was my oversight and not his #that’s the policy babe! #if i don’t want an extra long exam i get put in the regular one #it’s literally the rule. disabled student doesn’t choose to use their accommodations -> they do the regularly scheduled stuff #autism #text post

[mspaintakus]

It's my exam season soooo Aku stressing over Maths plssss (bonus points if he just makes Rashoumon 'take care' of it)

Exams are hard, but with the help of hot cocoa and believing in himself and rashoumon he will make it through!

#I feel you darling anonymous im currently trying to balance taking like twenty online college classes and regular school... Its rough #Remember that success does not equal suffering and that getting a good nights sleep is more productive than staying up all night to cram!!! #I believe in you!!!!! Mwah mwah mwah #ms paint aku #bsd #Bsd akutagawa

[spiribia]

i somehow only just realized that caithe's sword is actually very visibly just her dagger but branded over with aurene crystal

#talks #i love stuff like that #id just thought she like. got new weapons #also how caladbolg is a greatsword but they give you a broken in half version of it that you can #use as a regular sword. i like playing around with weapon classing like that i think its fun and inventive

[cimicherrychanga]

pick up your skates come on lets go!!!!!

#my art #wc #weirdos class #frannie #this was my other sketch for regular style for the challenge. decided to go w the other but i likes this 1 a lot #so i made it into a sticker :]

[onebizarrekai]

Do any of the ibvs characters do any specific classes? Like which language studies do they do or if they do any AP classes and whatnot. I know this may come up in the story, but I also know these teenagers are too busy dealing with supernatural threats to be talking about normal stuff like school.

honestly at this point it's a running joke that the story never addresses their classes. we know isaac and drew do french, chris and nevin do spanish (nevin is doing spanish because it's easy credit, go figure). everyone's obviously stuck in yearly typical requirements (y'know, math, english, science, etc). but here are my thoughts about it, liable to change if necessary:

• because cody is the Math Guy, I feel like he's doing a calculus class • louis is probably one of those kids who has way too many AP classes • isaac's doing art APs, but only because his parents talked him into it • edward is probably doing one or two, I just have no idea what they should be. maybe a government class? • barry's definitely in AP biology • nevin wants to go to culinary school, so he's probably not wasting time on APs. I feel like drew hasn't signed up for any either. and chris hasn't, he's just trying to get through school • I imagine niki being in too many as well. maybe not a louis amount but she's probably in government, psychology, maybe history • I would bet that felix is also in government. because of course he is. maybe that's this picture (edward you fool, maybe you do share a class with him) • characters I'm not sure about: dez, justin, stacy and everyone else

I have feelings about real life absurd high school workloads in the US and the expectations to do AP everything put on kids for no reason, but this is a funny story where classes and workloads are imaginary, so I won't get into it.

#ibvsasks #(I think APs are just sparkly versions of regular high school classes with way too much homework) #(they don't have much purpose if they don't specifically count towards a degree you want)